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Neo-Conservatism

According to Irving Kristol, one of the leading neoconservatives, it is a movement of liberals "mugged by reality."

Norman Podhoretz Founder and editor of Commentary magazine
Irving Kristol Former Commentary editor and founder of The Public Interest
Elliot Abrams Head of the Middle East Desk of the National Security Council and Norman Podhoretz's son-in-law
Douglas Feith Undersecretary of Defense and one of the architects of the occupation of Iraq
Paul Wolfowitz former Deputy Secretary of Defense and current president of the World Bank;
Richard Perle former Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board
William Kristol son of Irving Kristol, co-founder of the Project for a New American Century and editor of the Weekly Standard
Daniel Pipes Middle East Studies professor and founder of the notorious Campus Watch
Charles Krauthammer Washington Post columnist;
Dov Zakheim former Comptroller of the Department of Defense;
David Wurmser Cheney's chief Middle East advisor, his wife Meyrav Wurmser co-founded MEMRI
Kenneth Adelman a hawkish arms control expert and senior Pentagon official.

Craig Unger, From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq, Vanity Fair, March 2007
James Bamford, Iran: The Next War, Rolling Stone, August 10, 2006